2009.02.12
Trapping and transfering turkeys in Southern Oregon
My folks had some recent excitement in their little rural corner of Southern Oregon.
The area has a lot of turkeys. And while they were a novelty around the house at first, they eventually outwore their welcome. My mom really hated them because they would scratch up seeds from her garden and such.
To the rescue came the cavalry -- a combination of staff from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and volunteers from the National Wild Turkey Federation (not sure if the guy in this shot is NWTF or ODFW).
They baited the turkeys and then set up their canon net. They ended up catching about a dozen, I think. Mom and Dad helped stuff the birds on boxes for their long ride to a part of the state where the population is still light.
Mark...
I'm still waiting on that invite from your Dad to get out there and hunt!! When we going??
That's very cool! Glad to see the Fish and Wildlife and the NWTF still working hard out there!
--You know you have an open invitation to hunt out there. Me? I want to plan my next visit home for September so I can chase elk with a bow and fish for summer steelhead in the North Umpqua. mt
Comment by Freddy McGuire — February 13, 2009 @ 2:01 pm